3107.07
Consent unnecessary.

Consent to adoption is
not required of any of the following:

(A)
A
parent of a minor, when it is alleged in the adoption petition and the court,
after proper service of notice and hearing, finds by clear and convincing
evidence that the parent has failed without justifiable cause to provide more
than de minimis contact with the minor or to provide for the maintenance and
support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at
least one year immediately preceding either the filing of the adoption petition
or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

(B)
The
putative father of a minor if either of the following applies:

(1)
The
putative father fails to register as the minor's putative father with the
putative father registry established under section
3107.062 of the Revised Code not
later than fifteen days after the minor's birth;

(2)
The
court finds, after proper service of notice and hearing, that any of the
following are the case:

(b)
The
putative father has willfully abandoned or failed to care for and support the
minor;

(c)
The putative
father has willfully abandoned the mother of the minor during her pregnancy and
up to the time of her surrender of the minor, or the minor's placement in the
home of the petitioner, whichever occurs first.

(C)
Except as provided in section
3107.071 of the Revised Code, a
parent who has entered into a voluntary permanent custody surrender agreement
under division (B) of section
5103.15 of the Revised
Code;

(D)
A parent
whose parental rights have been terminated by order of a juvenile court under
Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code;

(E)
A
parent who is married to the petitioner and supports the adoption;

(F)
The
father, putative father,
or mother, of a minor if the minor is conceived
as the result of the commission of rape or sexual
battery by the father , putative father, or
mother and the father , putative father, or
mother is convicted of or pleads guilty to the commission of that
offense. As used in this division, "rape" means a violation of section
2907.02 of the Revised Code or a
similar law of another state and "sexual battery" means
a violation of section
2907.03 of the Revised Code or a
similar law of another state.

(G)
A
legal guardian or guardian ad litem of a parent judicially declared incompetent
in a separate court proceeding who has failed to respond in writing to a
request for consent, for a period of thirty days, or who, after examination of
the written reasons for withholding consent, is found by the court to be
withholding consent unreasonably;

(H)
Any
legal guardian or lawful custodian of the person to be adopted, other than a
parent, who has failed to respond in writing to a request for consent, for a
period of thirty days, or who, after examination of the written reasons for
withholding consent, is found by the court to be withholding consent
unreasonably;

(I)
The spouse
of the person to be adopted, if the failure of the spouse to consent to the
adoption is found by the court to be by reason of prolonged unexplained
absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances that make it impossible
or unreasonably difficult to obtain the consent or refusal of the
spouse;

(J)
Any parent,
legal guardian, or other lawful custodian in a foreign country, if the person
to be adopted has been released for adoption pursuant to the laws of the
country in which the person resides and the release of such person is in a form
that satisfies the requirements of the immigration and naturalization service
of the United States department of justice for purposes of immigration to the
United States pursuant to section 101(b)(1)(F) of the "Immigration and
Nationality Act," 75 Stat. 650 (1961),
8 U.S.C.
1101 (b)(1)(F), as amended or
reenacted.

(K)
Except as
provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section, a juvenile court, agency, or
person given notice of the petition pursuant to division (A)(1) of section
3107.11 of the Revised Code that
fails to file an objection to the petition within fourteen days after proof is
filed pursuant to division (B) of that section that the notice was
given;

(L)
Any
guardian, custodian, or other party who has temporary custody of the
child.